John B Brady

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 30 December 1942 in B-17F 42-2975 while serving as Pilot. He is believed to have been able to bale out of the aircraft into the sea near the Ile d'Ouessant, France and drowned. Killed in Action (KIA). AC was flying with the 305th formation after a late take-off prevented them from joining the 306BG formation.cloud cover had obscured their own squadrons. Fighters attacked. Aircraft was attacked by German fighters.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Ushant, France 30 December 1942 Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the sea near the Ile d'Ouessant, France. Believed to have baled out into the sea and drowned.

Other

Commemorated

Saint-James, France Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2014. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15079; edited biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing information in this database.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Heys Vol. 1 p 56, MACR 15079